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The page provides viewers with the latest news and updates about the NBA throughout the season, as well as games schedules and TV listings for selected NBA fixtures.

There are lots of games streaming live on TNT Overtime, ESPN3, Fox Sports Go and the WatchESPN app so don't miss them. Also if you are an NBA League Pass subscriber, you can also enjoy live coverage throughout the entire season.

This page generally provides scores and other results from the NBA, from games involving the Miami Heat, Chicago Bulls, LA Clippers, Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers, among other teams.

Updates from the NBA playoffs, Eastern and Western Conference championships as well as the battle for the MVP award.

Here are some useful external links that will help you stay up to date as well: ESPN: Scores, Schedule, Standings, Stats and NBA.com: Top Stories , Video, Players

Simmons Flirted With Triple-Double, Sixers Roll Past Heat In Game 1

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PHILADELPHIA — Ben Simmons just missed collecting yet another triple-double this season, as the Philadelphia 76ers hammered the Miami Heat 130-103 in Game 1 of their playoff first-round series on Saturday night to extend their undefeated streak.

JJ Redick scored 28 points and reserve Marco Belinelli added 25 to lead the Sixers, but it was rookie Simmons, who stole the show in his NBA playoff debut.

The star guard collected 17 points, 14 assists and nine rebounds for Philadephia, which played without leading big man Joel Embiid.

Ersan Ilyasova had 17 points and 14 rebounds off the bench for the 76ers, who were winning their 17th straight game and had 34 assists on 45 made field goals.

Toronto Raptors Beat Washington Wizards 114-106 In Game 1

It was the Sixers’ first playoff game in five seasons under coach Brett Brown.

Kelly Olynyk led the Miami Heat with 26 points.

Goran Dragic, returning to the starting lineup after missing the final regular season game with a sore knee scored 15 points for Miami, while James Johnson finished with 13.

Thompson, Durant Help Warriors Beat Spurs In Playoff Game 1: Highlights

Fourteen-year veteran Dwyane Wade had 11 points in 19 minutes off the bench.

Game 2 in this series is on Monday night, again in Philadelphia.

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Toronto Raptors Beat Washington Wizards 114-106 In Game 1

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TORONTO — Eastern Conference top seed Toronto Raptors recovered from a shaky start to beat the Washington Wizards 114-106 and win Game 1 of their playoff first-round series on Saturday.

Serge Ibaka finished with 23 points, 12 rebounds and two blocks and Delon Wright scored 11 of his 18 points in the fourth quarter for the Raptors, who are off to a winning start in a playoff series for the first time in almost 17 years.

DeMar DeRozan scored 17 points, C.J. Miles and OG Anunoby had 12 points each and Kyle Lowry ended with 11 points and nine assists for Toronto, which halted an NBA-worst 10-game losing streak in playoff openers.

John Wall paced the Wizards with 23 points and 15 assists, while Markieff Morris added 22 points and 11 rebounds in the defeat.

Thompson, Durant Help Warriors Beat Spurs In Playoff Game 1: Highlights

Bradley Beal contributed 19 points, Mike Scott had 14 off the bench and Marcin Gortat finished with 12 for Washington, which shot almost 48-percent and had a 59-55 lead at halftime.

“We’ve been here before,” Beal said after the game. “We didn’t come here with the mindset that we were going to sweep them.

“We had opportunities, several opportunities, to win tonight and close it out but we didn’t. Brush it off and move forward.”

The Wizards led 91-88 early in the fourth quarter, but things turned in the favor of the Raptors after Scott was called for a flagrant foul, following an elbow that took down Lowry.

Lowry connected on both free throws and then found Wright for a layup to give Toronto the lead.

Toronto Raptors will again host Game 2 on Tuesday night.

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2018 Mtn Dew Kickstart Rising Stars Game: Stream On TNT Overtime

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LOS ANGELES, CA — Watch live streaming coverage of the 2018 Mtn Dew Kickstart Rising Stars game, which will feature several of the NBA young stars across the different franchises.

Friday night’s contest will see a World Team going up against a U.S. Team and the live coverage from The STAPLES Center will be on TNT and streaming live online.

What: Mtn Dew Kickstart Rising Stars
When: Friday, Feb. 16 | 9 p.m. ET
Where: STAPLES Center
Box Scores: Live Box Score Updates
TV: TNT Network – Watch TNT
Watch Live Stream: TNT Overtime

Among the top youngsters lining up for U.S. Team are Los Angeles Lakers pair Brandon Ingram and Kyle Kuzma who are expected to feature a lot over the course of the night.

Talented guards Donovan Mitchell from the Utah Jazz and the Dallas Mavericks’ Dennis Smith, Jr., along with Taurean Prince of the Atlanta Hawks and Boston Celtics’ standout rookie, Jayson Tatum are also among the featured players suiting up for U.S. Team this year.

Jaylen Brown of the Celtics, Kris Dunn of Chicago Bulls and De’Aaron Fox of the Sacremento Kings are also on the roaster.

However, Lonzo Ball (Lakers) and Malcolm Brogdon (Bucks) are both injured and will not participate in the 2018 Mtn Dew Kickstart Rising Stars game.

Meanwhile, for the World Team, Philadephia 76ers standout center Joel Embiid headlines the list of players featuring.

His 76ers’ teammates Ben Simmons and Dario Saric, along with Denver Nuggets Jamal Murray, Kings’ Bogdan Bogdanovic and Buddy Hield and Dillon Brooks of the Memphis Grizzlies are also on the World Team.

2018 NBA All-Star weekend Schedule And Live Streaming

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LOS ANGELES, CA — The following is the complete schedule for the 2018 NBA All-Star weekend in Los Angeles, CA. The schedule will take place at The STAPLES Center in downtown Los Angeles, from Friday, Feb. 16 to Sunday, Feb. 18.

Listed as well are the scheduled times, television channels and streaming options for each day and activities throughout the entire weekend.

As usual, the weekend will kick-off on Friday night with the 2018 NBA All-Star Celebrity Game, presented by Ruffles, starting at 7:00 pm ET and that will be followed by the Mtn Dew Kickstart Rising Stars at 9:00 pm, which sees the World Team taking on Team USA.

Some of the featured players set to take the court in the Mtn Dew Kickstart Rising Stars are, Joel Embiid (76ers), Bogdan Bogdanovic (Kings), Buddy Hield (Kings), Jamal Murray (Nuggets), Dario Saric (76ers) and Ben Simmons (76ers) for the World Team, while the likes of Jayson Tatum (Celtics), Jaylen Brown (Celtics), Brandon Ingram (Lakers) and Kyle Kuzma (Lakers) will be on U.S. TEAM.

The U.S. team will be without Lonzo Ball (Lakers) and Malcolm Brogdon (Bucks) who are both injured and will not participate.

Meanwhile, on Saturday night at 8 p.m., the State Farm All-Star activities will be streamed on TNT. On the list are: Taco Bell Skills Challenge (first event), JBL Three-Point Contest (second event) and Verizon Slam Dunk (third event).

On Sunday will be the 67th NBA All-Star Game at 8 p.m., but TNT streaming coverage begins at 7 p.m.

Below is a schedule of events for NBA All-Star 2018 in Los Angeles, CA.

Friday, Feb. 16

All times Eastern (ET)

12:30 p.m. | Mtn Dew Kickstart Rising Stars Practice | NBA TV
7 p.m. | NBA All-Star Celebrity Game presented by Ruffles | ESPN
9 p.m. | Mtn Dew Kickstart Rising Stars | TNT

Saturday, Feb. 17

All times Eastern (ET)

1 p.m. | Hall of Fame Announcement | NBA TV
2 p.m. | NBA All-Star Practice & Media Day | NBA TV
7 p.m. | Commissioner Adam Silver media availability | NBA TV
8 p.m. | State Farm All-Star Saturday Night | TNT

– Taco Bell Skills Challenge (first event)
– JBL Three-Point Contest (second event)
– Verizon Slam Dunk (third event)

Sunday, Feb. 18

All times Eastern (ET)

1 p.m. | NBA Legends Brunch | NBA TV coverage begins at 3 p.m. ET
4:30 p.m. | NBA G League International Challenge presented by Kumho Tire | NBA TV
8 p.m. | 67th NBA All-Star Game | TNT coverage begins at 7 p.m. ET

Oklahoma City Thunder at Cleveland Cavaliers On WatchESPN

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CLEVELAND, Sporting Alert — Oklahoma City Thunder and Cleveland Cavaliers will battle in one of the featured NBA games on the schedule on Saturday, Jan. 20.

Coverage of this game from the Quicken Loans Arena will be live on ABC at 3:30 PM ET, while WatchESPN will provide the live online and mobile device streaming.

The Cavaliers (27-17) are sitting third in the Eastern Conference standings at the moment and have been struggling to find their best form in recent outings.

LeBron James and Co. battled out a 104-103 win over the Orlando Magic on Wednesday night, but lost four straight prior to that game and are 3-7 in the last 10 games overall.

Russell Westbrook from the Oklahoma City Thunder
Russell Westbrook from the Oklahoma City Thunder

“Once you accept something, regardless of what it is, I think you become comfortable with it,” Anthony said, according to ESPN. “You start putting your all into it, you start working on that role and on that acceptance, and it becomes fun.

“I think right now, after accepting that role, I think early in December, the game is starting to become fun again for me.”

Despite their recent poor form, Cleveland has been listed as that slight favorite to beat the Russell Westbrook led Oklahoma City at home, according to ESPN’s Basketball Power Index.

Meanwhile, the Thunder (25-20) are beginning to get it together with even star forward Carmelo Anthony admitting recently that playing is “starting to become fun again,” after accepting his new role in the setup.

Oklahoma City is fifth in the Western Conference standings and has won three straight games and five of the last eight overall.

In other news, James enters this game needing just 25 points to become the seventh NBA player to score 30,000 career points.

“It would be cool,” Dwyane Wade said. “When I got 20,000 LeBron was … we was playing Cleveland and it was actually pretty cool that it happened in that moment and it would be cool to be, with me and Carmelo, to be there.

“This is an elite class for a guy to be in. I mean, 30,000 points is insane. I definitely want him to do it (Saturday) like everybody else.”

Martin Luther King Jr. Day NBA Schedule, Live TV Stream: Jan. 15

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MIAMI, FL — Here is the Martin Luther King Jr. Day NBA schedule on Monday, Jan. 15, with the rematch between Golden State Warriors and the Cleveland Cavaliers topping the list of games.

A total of 11 games are listed on the schedule for today, including three nationally televisions matchups on TNT.

The first game tips-off at 12:30 pm ET between the Charlotte Hornets and the Detroit Pistons live on NBA TV, while the last contest on the very busy day gets going at 10:30 pm.

Heading the list of fixtures is the NBA rematch between the Warriors and the Cavaliers, live on TNT and Watch TNT at 8:00 pm.

Golden State (35-9) enters with the best record in the league and has won seven of the last eight games overall.

Meanwhile, Cleveland (26-16) is third in the Eastern Conference standings and has lost three straight and seven of the last nine overall.

Also streaming on Watch TNT and broadcasting live nationally on TNT are the battles between the Los Angeles Lakers at the Memphis Grizzlies at 5:30 and Houston Rockets at the Los Angeles Clippers at 10:30.

The clash involving the Rockets and Clippers will see Chris Paul returning to LA for the first time since he was dealt to Houston in the offseason.

Martin Luther King Jr. Day NBA Schedule
Monday, January 15

Charlotte Hornets at Detroit Pistons 12:30 PM NBATV
Toronto Raptors at Philadelphia 76ers 1:00 PM TSN
Milwaukee Bucks at Washington Wizards 2:00 PM FSWI and CNSW
San Antonio Spurs at Atlanta Hawks 3:00 PM NBATV and FSSW
New York Knicks at Brooklyn Nets 3:00 PM MSG and YES
Miami Heat at Chicago Bulls 3:30 PM SUN and Fox Sports GO
Los Angeles Lakers at Memphis Grizzlies 5:30 PM TNT and Watch TNT
Sacramento Kings at Oklahoma City Thunder 8:00 PM CSAC and FSOK
Golden State Warriors at Cleveland Cavaliers 8:00 PM TNT and Watch TNT
Indiana Pacers at Utah Jazz 9:00 PM FSMW
Houston Rockets at Los Angeles Clippers 10:30 PM TNT and Watch TNT

Houston Rockets v Golden State Warriors on Watch TNT: Jan. 4

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HOUSTON, Tex. — Watch live streaming coverage of tonight’s NBA clash between the Houston Rockets v Golden State Warriors.

Live stream from the Toyota Center in Texas, is available on Watch TNT and it starts at 8:00 pm ET.

The Warriors (30-8) are without star forward Kevin Durant, while the Rockets (27-9) continue to be without star guard James Harden.

Durant misses tonight’s game with a strained right calf.

The forward hurt his right calf in the first quarter of Wednesday night’s victory over the Dallas Mavericks.

He managed to play through the pain, but has been ruled out for tonight.

Durant is averaging 25.9 points, 7.1 rebounds and 5.3 assists per game.

Meanwhile, Harden, the NBA scoring leader, has been ruled out for two weeks with a Grade 2 left hamstring strain and would be reevaluated after that.

Jonathan Feigen of the Houston Chronicle reports that he could miss up to six weeks.

Harden is averaging 32.3 points per game and sits second in assists per game with 9.1.

Eric Gordon replaces Harden in the lineup.

Houston is also without Nene, who will not play tonight because of a sore knee.

Andre Iguodala, though, will play tonight for Golden State after sitting out the win over the Mavericks with a lower back strain.

A Tweet from Warriors PR official account for Golden State, stated: “Injury report for tonight’s game at Houston: Kevin Durant (right calf strain) is out. Omri Casspi (mid back strain) is questionable.”

Watch Celtics v Cavaliers Live on WatchESPN: LeBron v Kyrie Again

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BOSTON – Kyrie Irving and the Boston Celtics will play host to LeBron James and the Cleveland Cavaliers at TD Garden on Wednesday night and you can stream the action live on WatchESPN.

The night’s clash, which tips off at 8:00 pm ET and televised live on ESPN, will see former Cavs teammates Irving and James battling for the second time since Kyrie left the Cavaliers, but former Boston guard Isaiah Thomas will not feature.

Thomas made his long-awaited debut in smashing style against the Portland Trail Blazers on Tuesday night after being out for seven months due to an injury.

However, Cleveland has decided to rest its starting point guard as he continues to work on his fitness.

When the Celtics and the Cavaliers met in the regular season opener on Oct. 17, James had 29 points and 16 rebounds for the Cavs in a 102-99 win.

Come tonight, Boston will be aiming to return the favor on their home court, as Irving and his teammates hunt their fourth successive win.

Entering this game, Irving is averaging a career-high 24.8 points, while James is also putting out career-bests 27.7 points, 9.2 assists and 8.1 rebounds per game, while playing almost 31 minutes a game.

James, one of the early leading candidates for the MVP honor this season, is ranked third in scoring and second in assists per contest this term.

As a team, the Cavaliers are fifth in points per game with 110.5.

Boston is scoring 103.5, but is allowing 98.5, which is second in the league behind the San Antonio Spurs.

Thunder v 76ers; Rockets v Spurs: Live on WatchESPN

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HOUSTON, TX, Sporting Alert — Houston Rockets and San Antonio Spurs will battle in the second game of the ESPN doubleheader on Friday night.

This game is scheduled to tip-off at 9:30 pm ET and WatchESPN will provide live streaming coverage from the Toyota Center.

Oklahoma City Thunder and Philadelphia 76ers will battle in the opening game, at 7:00 pm and WatchESPN will also have live stream online and via its App.

Houston (22-4) enters this game with the best record in the Western Conference and has won 11 straight since losing to the Raptors, 129-113.

Meanwhile, San Antonio (19-9), which welcomed back Kawhi Leonard on Tuesday night in the loss to the Dallas Mavericks, has won eight of the last 10 games and four of the last five coming into this battle.

However, the star forward was listed as probable for Friday night’s game in the Spurs’ medical team attempt to ease him back from the quadriceps injury.

In other injury reports, Danny Green (tightness, left groin) is also listed as probable for the game in Houston, while Kyle Anderson (left MCL sprain) continues to be out.

For Houston, guards Chris Paul and James Harden will both play, but Luc Mbah a Moute will not be available.

The forward dislocated his right shoulder in the 108-96 victory over the Charlotte Hornets on Wednesday night and is expected to miss two to three weeks for the Rockets.

Joel Embiid - Philadelphia 76ers
Joel Embiid of the Philadelphia 76ers gets treatment on his back

Russell Westbrook, Carmelo Anthony, Paul George and Steven Adams will lead the Thunder against the Sixers, who will be led by Joel Embiid and Ben Simmons.

Embiid will play for the 76ers, despite some back tightness.

The Thunder have won five of the last seven games, while Embiid and Philadelphia are 1-4 in the last five. Watch this live on WatchESPN Player

Friday, December 15

Miami at Charlotte 7:00 PM SUN
Detroit at Indiana 7:00 PM FSDE+ FSMW
Portland at Orlando 7:00 PM CSNN FSFL
Oklahoma City at Philadelphia 7:00 PM ESPN WatchESPN
LA Clippers at Washington 7:00 PM FSW2 CNSW
Utah at Boston 7:30 PM ROOT CSNN
Brooklyn at Toronto 7:30 PM YES TSN
Atlanta at Memphis 8:00 PM
Chicago at Milwaukee 8:00 PM CSNC FSWI
New Orleans at Denver 9:00 PM FSN ALT
San Antonio at Houston 9:30 PM ESPN WatchESPN

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George Struggled On Indiana Return, But Thunder Edged Pacers

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INDIANAPOLIS, Sporting Alert – Russell Westbrook notched his ninth triple-double of the season and Steven Adams scored 23 points and the Oklahoma City Thunder held on to beat the Indiana Pacers 100-95 on Wednesday night.

Westbrook, who completed his triple-double with a free throw late in the fourth quarter, finished with 10 points, 12 assists, 17 rebounds and two steals for the Thunder (13-14), who bounced back from the 116-103 defeat to the Charlotte Hornets on Monday night.

Alex Abrines, who started in place of Andre Roberson (ankle), scored 14 points, while Carmelo Anthony had 12 points and five rebounds, but was 4-of-14 from the field.

Paul George, who was booed throughout the entire contest, also scored 12 points, including two key free throws to seal the game, but went 3-of-14 from the floor

Adams completed his double-double with 13 rebounds, including nine at the offensive end.

Victor Oladipo led the Pacers (16-12) with 19 points, six assists and five rebounds.

The former Oklahoma City player, though, shot a dismal 9-of-26, including 1-for-9 from 3-point range.

Bojan Bogdanovic scored 15 points, Darren Collison had 14 and Thaddeus Young finished with 11 points, 10 rebounds, seven steals and three blocks for Indiana, which has won four straight before this defeat.

PACERS V THUNDER: AT HALF-TIME

The Thunder led the Pacers 51-46 at halftime, but neither Westbrook, Anthony nor George shot the ball well after the trio combined to shoot 6-of-21 from the field.

Westbrook went 1-of-5 for two points with 11 rebounds and nine assists, while Anthony was 3-of-9 for eight points and George went 1-of-6 for four points and also had four turnovers.

Adams was the only OKC player in double-digits in the first half with 15 points on 7-of-10 shooting with seven rebounds.

Collison scored 12 points in the first half for Indiana.

Both teams took 45 shots each in the opening half of the contest.

Ingram Drills Last-Second 3-Pointer; Lakers Top 76ers 107-104

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PHILADEPHIA, Sporting Alert – Brandon Ingram scored 21 points, including the go-ahead 3-pointer in the closing seconds and the Los Angeles Lakers snapped a five-game skid with a 107-104 win over the Philadelphia 76ers on Thursday night. Box Score and Videos

With the game locked at 104-104 in the last seconds of the contest, Lonzo Ball drove to the basket before kicking back out to a wide-open Ingram, who set himself and connected from beyond the arc to seal the win.

“I think he made a great pass,” Ingram said. “I had the confidence to shoot it.”

“(Ball) sucked the defense in and kicked it out. I think he made a great pass.”

The Sixers (13-11) had the ball for the last 0.8 seconds, but Richaun Holmes failed to connect on a last ditched 3-point attempt and the Lakers picked up a valuable victory.

Ingram also had seven rebounds and six assists in the win.

Lonzo Ball finished with 10 points, eight rebounds and eight assists.

“I thought that was great recognition,” Lakers coach Luke Walton said. “Brandon showed a lot of guts to be able to knock down that 3 at the end.”

Jordan Clarkson and Julius Randle each had 16 points off the bench, Kentavious Caldwell-Pope scored 13 and Larry Nance Jr. ended with 11 points and seven rebounds for Los Angeles (9-15).

Brook Lopez also scored 11 points with five rebounds for the visitors.

Joel Embiid finished with a game-high 33 points to go along with seven rebounds, six assists and five blocks to lead Philadelphia.

“We’ve got to rebound the ball,” said Embiid. “I didn’t do that tonight. That’s one of the reasons we lost this.”

Robert Covington had 19 points, six rebounds and four blocks, J.J. Redick scored 15 points, while Richaun Holmes finished with 13 points, six rebounds and two steals for the Sixers in the defeat.

Ben Simmons recorded a double-double with 12 points, a career-best 15 assists and 13 rebounds, and Jerryd Bayless contributed 12 points for the 76ers, who will next travel to face the Cleveland Cavaliers on Saturday.

“I never really felt we started playing until halfway through the third,” Philadelphia coach Brett Brown said.

The Los Angeles Lakers are staying on the road against the Charlotte Hornets on Saturday.

The 76ers made 16 of 21 from the free throw line, while the Lakers made just 12 of their 24 attempts.

Walton jokingly told Ingram after the game that had the team made its free throws, his shot wouldn’t have been needed.

“If you made your free throws we wouldn’t have needed that 3-point shot,” he jokingly said.

Irving Scores 47pts, Celtics Rallied Again For 16th Straight Win

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DALLAS, Sporting Alert – Kyrie Irving scored 47 points and the Boston Celtics rallied from another double-digit deficit to beat the Dallas Mavericks 110-102 in overtime for their 16th straight win on Monday night.

Irving, who scored 10 of his season-high points in the overtime period, became the first Celtics player since Larry Bird to score at least 45 points on 70 percent shooting, according to ESPN’s Stats and Info.

The point guard, who scored 25 of his points in the first half, shot 16 of 22 from the field overall and made five 3-pointers in the win. He also converted 10 of 11 free throws and dished out six assists for the Celtics (16-2).

Boston trailed Dallas 87-74 when Dwight Powell made a layup with 7:47 remaining, but Irving and Co. rallied to send the game into overtime at 96-96 before stealing it in the extra period.

Jaylen Brown, who gave the Celtics a 104-102 lead with a jumper with 1:39 to play in overtime, finished with 22 points on 8 of 13 shooting with nine rebounds.

Jayson Tatum, whose alley-oop lay-up rimmed in to send the contest into overtime, added 15 points and nine rebounds, while Marcus Smart ended with 12 points and eight assists off the bench for Boston, which was coming back from its third successive double-digit deficit.

“For us, it’s just about battling back when teams get a comfortable rhythm, whether it’d be in the first half or the second half,” Irving, who was 9 of 9 from the field at one point in the first half, said.

“As a group, we continue just to stick together throughout anything and everything.”

Harrison Barnes had 31 points and six rebounds for Dallas (3-15), but missed a jumper with less than a second to go in regulation that could have won it for the Mavericks.

“At the end of the day, it’s got to show up in wins and losses,” Barnes said. “There are no moral victories around here.

“Tonight was playing against a great team, and a great opportunity to win here in front of our home fans. We let it slip away.”

Wesley Matthews ended with 18 points, six rebounds, four steals and three assists in the defeat.

J.J. Barea scored 16 points off the bench for Dallas and Dirk Nowitzki added 14 points and 12 rebounds, but his lone turn over was a costly one, as Boston scored off it to send the game into overtime.

The Mavericks, who came back from an early double-digit deficit, were losing for the fifth time in six games.

“We just needed to make a couple more plays at key times,” Mavericks coach Rick Carlisle said.

“Probably just one more key play in the last minute or minute and a half. That would have been the difference.”